From v Sent Thu, Oct 22nd 1998, 20:43
From v Sent Thu, Oct 22nd 1998, 20:43
> I think my point was missed in all this. I was not trying to degrade > wire. The reason I brought it up was that the VVM guys decided to slag > jockeyslut at a time when they were on the cover of wire. I just wanted > to point out the hypocritical nature of such a statement. It is like th= e > pot calling the kettle black. Sometimes you can be so anti-establishment > you forget your sensibilites and begin to believe your own hype. CALLING ALL KETTLES, CALLING ALL KETTLES, I'M A LITTLE BLACK POT, AND IF YOU'RE A KETTLE I'M CALLING YOU BLACK ******* "ALL MAGAZINES THAT ARE WRITTEN FOR COMMERCIAL GAIN ARE RUN BY THE MAJOR RECORD LABELS" (that includes WIRE and Jockey Slut) the fact that the Wire searched us out, conducted an interview and put us on the cover (to our surprise more than yours) at least gives us, and i'm sure other small independent labels faith in some aspects of the major press. We saw the interview as an opportunity to give not just ourselves, but lots of people a chance of a little exposure (which we feel we did)__ don't you think the article takes the PISS out of the big labels ??? We started VVM with =A3300 and have struggled against the flow ever since ,,, all the majors spend more than that on one business lunch//////////---------------------> if you think we're believing any of the WIRE hype/tripe then you don't know us very well or it is YOU WHO IS BELIEVING THE HYPE AND CHANGING YOUR ATTITUDE TOWARDS US ????,,,,////_ as far as Jockey Slut goes have you compared the early issues to the latter ones recently ????? noticed the huge swing towards commerciality ????? basically magazines grow etc. and the majors become interested and the carrots are dangled... It's up to the magazines whether or not they decide to take the carrots. In Jockey Sluts case they've not only taken the carrots but they've bought a full fruit and Veg Stand including a cockney barrow boy. having said that i'm not slagging off anybody who buys it or reads and enjoys it___i used to enjoy some of the older issues, but the newer ones just leave a sour taste in my mouth................... and as for the 7" releases the magazine has planned, they feature all established names, will receive lots of free press in their own magazine (single of the month anybody for the next issue ????) so they're taking a real big risk there then. ANYWAY IF YOU ARE A KETTLE YOU'RE BLACK. YOURS THE POT ps. does anybody remember the SLUT TRAX 12" jockey slut put out, it had remixes from Dave Clarke, Salt City Orchestra and Fatboy Slim....... bet that was good then ;-)